FINALISTS: 2015 Aurora Award
The finalists for the Aurora Award, celebrating the best in Canadian fiction (in both English and French), have been announced :
Best Novel-English
- Echopraxia by Peter Watts
- The Future Falls by Tanya Huff
- My Real Children by Joe Walton
- The Peripheral by William Gibson
- A Play of Shadow by Julie E. Czerneda
Best YA (Young Adult) Novel-English
- Lockstep by Karl Schroeder
- Mabel the Lovelorn Dwarf by Sherry Peters
- Out of This World by Charles de Lint
- Rain by Amanda Sun
- Twist of the Blade by Edward Willett
- Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong
- The Voices in Between by Charlene Challenger
Best Short Fiction-English
- “Crimson Sky” by Eric Choi
- “Jelly and the D-Machine” by Suzanne Church,
- “Mecha-Jesus” by Derwin Mak
- “No Sweeter Art” by Tony Pi
- “Soul-Hungry” by Suzanne Church
Best Poem/Song-English
- “A Hex, With Bees” by Tony Pi
- “Aversions” by Helen Marshall
- “The Machine” by David Clink
- “The New Ways” by Amal el-Mohtar
- “The Perfect Library” by David Clink
Best Graphic Novel-English
- Cassie & Tonk by Justin Currie and GMB Chomichuk
- It Never Rains by Kari Maaren
- Raygun Gothic Vol. 2 by GMB Chomichuk
- Treadwell by Dominic Bercier
- Trillium by Jeff Lemire
Best Related Work-English
- Elements: A Collection of Speculative Fiction by Suzanne Church
- Gifts for the One Who Comes After by Helen Marshall
- Lackington’s speculative prose edited by Ranylt Richildis
- On Spec published by the Copper Pig Writers’ Society
- Strange Bedfellows edited by Hayden Trenholm
Best Artist
- James Beveridge, cover for Tantamount and Out Dweller
- Erik Mohr, cover for The Door in the Mountain and ChiZine Publications
- Derek Newman-Stille, cover for Elephants and Omnibuses
- Dan O’Driscoll, covers for Bundoran Press and On Spec magazine
- Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk & Steve Fahnestalk, “Walking on the Moon”, cover for On Spec, No. 95 (Vol. 25 No. 4)
Best Fan Publication
- Broken Toys edited by Taral Wayne
- Ecdysis edited by Jonathan Crowe
- Pubnites & Other Events edited by Yvonne Penney
- Space Cadet edited by R. Graeme Cameron
- Speculating Canada edited by Derek Newman-Stille
Best Fan Music
- Brooke Abbey, Weirdness from 2014, Bandcamp
- Copy Red Leader, Crossing the Streams CD, The Pond Studio
- Debs & Errol (Deborah Linden and Errol Elumir), OVFF Concert (Ohio Valley Filk Fest)
- Kari Maaren, YouTube Channel
- Stone Dragons, Dream of Flying CD, Stone Dragon Studios
Best Fan Organizational
- Sandra Kasturi, Chair, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Toronto
Derek Künsken, Farrell McGovern, Caycee Price and Elizabeth Buchan-Kimmerly, Executive, Can*Con 2014, Ottawa - Randy McCharles, Chair, When Words Collide, Calgary
- Matt Moore, Marie Bilodeau and Nicole Lavigne, Co-chairs, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Ottawa
- Alana Otis-Wood and Paul Roberts, Co-chairs, Ad Astra Convention, Toronto
Best Fan Related Work
- Richard Graeme Cameron, weekly column in Amazing Stories Magazine
- Steve Fahnestalk, weekly column in Amazing Stories Magazine
- Kevin B. Madison, Thunder Road Trip
- Derek Newman-Stille, Speculating, Canada on Trent Radio 92.7 FM
- Lloyd Penney, fan writing for fanzines and e-zines
The Aurora Awards will be presented at SFContario 6 and Canvention 35 in Toronto the weekend of November 20-22.
Congratulations to all the nominees!